Jonathan McKinney
Period: 7/8
2/17/09 Bob Marley was truly an artest who stood up for what he thought was right, and what he wanted to see in the world. This song and many of his other songs tell the world that racism should not be allowed in the world. In this song, Redemption song, Bob Marley says that the blacknation must just keep their minds on an unracist world and that this will emancipate their minds. Bob Marley thought that he could cure the world of racism by his music. He records ragaee music and was one of the first inovators of such a Jamaican music style. In fact, when Marley had written one of his most famous songs (The Redemption Song) he was already diagnosed with cancer. He later died from this disease. This song was recorded in 1979, however this song was only released as a bonus track in 2001.
REDEMPTION SONG:
Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfill the Book.
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind.
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfill the book.
Won't you have to sing
These songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs -
All I ever had:
Redemption songs:
These songs of freedom,
Songs of freedom. “The Wreck of the Hesperus” (better sea disaster tale)
Jonathan McKinney
If you want a good sea disaster tale, then you need a great plethora of story telling elements. Distinctive words, the domino affect of everything going wrong, different yet interesting characters, and an ominous raging storm with waves that tower over even the tallest of masts. All of these tied together all make a true sea-disaster tale, and in my mind, the story that masters these elements the most is “The Wreck of The Hesperus.”
The Hesperus story is a much more exciting story and pummels the Perfect Storm in a better sea-disaster tale. The characters emotions and procedures on the Hesperus were filled with wonder. When reading such an amazing tale, you have to wonder what the characters are thinking, and the Hesperus story can help you paint that picture inside your cranium a little clearer than most stories. The skipper’s attitude towards that storm makes him an irresponsible and arrogant parent and captain. To have him risk not only his life but his crews and overall his daughter’s life is totally irresponsible. She is his flesh and blood so she shows his love and strength of the sea by trying to over power a nasty storm. Just shear capriciousness is what this is. To read something like this and then connect it to the real world, it just makes you wonder about all of the different types of people that there are out there. Also, the daughter being so dependable on her father just sort of brings a tear to your eye. This just adds to the sorrow of the story.
The action of “The Wreck of The Hesperus” exceeds even the above average sea-disaster tales. The frost, wind, rain, and waves all add to the action and suspense of the story. Crashing into a reef is also a very suspenseful thing because of the things that you can imagine that the people are doing. Screaming, running, and overall just shear terror seems to be transferred from the pages of the book into the ideas in your head. Also, the boring same old same old sink and burn seems to get boring after a while. This adds to the uniqueness of the story. Also, to have a sailor see the dead body of a little girl banded to the sail of a ship gives you that eerie feeling in the back of your cerebellum. Also, just to have children involved in the terror of the dangerous sea makes the story more of a “sit on the edge of your chair” kind of story. The tone of the story is made even more suspenseful and full of drama through the action of the story.
Another part of the story that makes its dominance heard is the ambience of the setting. The way that the author explains the storm and the overall story is a masterpiece in itself. Once you interpret the text the right way, you realize that you have just read something with more detail in it than a full length story, and it is only several stanzas long. When you read a sea-disaster tale, you can’t physically imagine what it would be like to be in that situation because of how off and farfetched it sounds to every day life, but somehow, “The Wreck of The Hesperus” just seems to give you that feeling that you could vividly distinguish the events in the story all through the way that the author uses the words.
All in all, “The Wreck of the Hesperus” just is a well rounded story that makes a better sea-disaster tale than most others of its kind. The characters, setting, action, and the tone in the wholesome combine to make a not only good sea-disaster tale, but a touching poem, and a suspenseful story as well.
Period: 7/8
2/17/09
Bob Marley was truly an artest who stood up for what he thought was right, and what he wanted to see in the world. This song and many of his other songs tell the world that racism should not be allowed in the world. In this song, Redemption song, Bob Marley says that the black nation must just keep their minds on an unracist world and that this will emancipate their minds. Bob Marley thought that he could cure the world of racism by his music. He records ragaee music and was one of the first inovators of such a Jamaican music style. In fact, when Marley had written one of his most famous songs (The Redemption Song) he was already diagnosed with cancer. He later died from this disease. This song was recorded in 1979, however this song was only released as a bonus track in 2001.
REDEMPTION SONG:
Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfill the Book.
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind.
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfill the book.
Won't you have to sing
These songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs -
All I ever had:
Redemption songs:
These songs of freedom,
Songs of freedom.
“The Wreck of the Hesperus” (better sea disaster tale)
Jonathan McKinney
If you want a good sea disaster tale, then you need a great plethora of story telling elements. Distinctive words, the domino affect of everything going wrong, different yet interesting characters, and an ominous raging storm with waves that tower over even the tallest of masts. All of these tied together all make a true sea-disaster tale, and in my mind, the story that masters these elements the most is “The Wreck of The Hesperus.”
The Hesperus story is a much more exciting story and pummels the Perfect Storm in a better sea-disaster tale. The characters emotions and procedures on the Hesperus were filled with wonder. When reading such an amazing tale, you have to wonder what the characters are thinking, and the Hesperus story can help you paint that picture inside your cranium a little clearer than most stories. The skipper’s attitude towards that storm makes him an irresponsible and arrogant parent and captain. To have him risk not only his life but his crews and overall his daughter’s life is totally irresponsible. She is his flesh and blood so she shows his love and strength of the sea by trying to over power a nasty storm. Just shear capriciousness is what this is. To read something like this and then connect it to the real world, it just makes you wonder about all of the different types of people that there are out there. Also, the daughter being so dependable on her father just sort of brings a tear to your eye. This just adds to the sorrow of the story.
The action of “The Wreck of The Hesperus” exceeds even the above average sea-disaster tales. The frost, wind, rain, and waves all add to the action and suspense of the story. Crashing into a reef is also a very suspenseful thing because of the things that you can imagine that the people are doing. Screaming, running, and overall just shear terror seems to be transferred from the pages of the book into the ideas in your head. Also, the boring same old same old sink and burn seems to get boring after a while. This adds to the uniqueness of the story. Also, to have a sailor see the dead body of a little girl banded to the sail of a ship gives you that eerie feeling in the back of your cerebellum. Also, just to have children involved in the terror of the dangerous sea makes the story more of a “sit on the edge of your chair” kind of story. The tone of the story is made even more suspenseful and full of drama through the action of the story.
Another part of the story that makes its dominance heard is the ambience of the setting. The way that the author explains the storm and the overall story is a masterpiece in itself. Once you interpret the text the right way, you realize that you have just read something with more detail in it than a full length story, and it is only several stanzas long. When you read a sea-disaster tale, you can’t physically imagine what it would be like to be in that situation because of how off and farfetched it sounds to every day life, but somehow, “The Wreck of The Hesperus” just seems to give you that feeling that you could vividly distinguish the events in the story all through the way that the author uses the words.
All in all, “The Wreck of the Hesperus” just is a well rounded story that makes a better sea-disaster tale than most others of its kind. The characters, setting, action, and the tone in the wholesome combine to make a not only good sea-disaster tale, but a touching poem, and a suspenseful story as well.
Research info from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemption_Song,
Lyrics from: http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Redemption-song-lyrics-Bob-Marley/326F5783C5461A6048256945000E6461